01253nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001000042653002100052100001300073700001400086700002300100700001200123700001100135245010200146856009800248300001200346490000700358520066800365022001401033       2021                            d  bLepra10aGeneral Medicine1 aSuresh A1 aMartin AM1 aSasidharanpillai S1 aJames J1 aJose J00aChronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and Type 1 lepra reaction: a rare association  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/admin/public/api/lepra/website/getDownload/614af5dcafaac16c2b210be7  a298-3020 v923 aLepra reactions are important causes of the disability and deformity associated with leprosy. Normal body tissues suffer during these periods of hypersensitivity response mounted by the body against the antigens of Mycobacterium leprae. Chronic demyelinating polyneuropathy manifesting several years after reversal reaction is reported in the literature. It is attributed to the autoimmune reaction precipitated by the exposure of neural antigens (following the injury caused by the Type 1 lepra reaction) to the body’s immune system. Here we report a patient who presented with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy during a Type 1 lepra reaction.   a2162-8807